Dave Koz (album)

Dave Koz is the 1990 debut album by Dave Koz. It was released on Capitol Records on September 25, 1990. Koz himself co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks, as well as having a reworking of the Richard Marx hit "Endless Summer Nights". He is supported by various people depending on the song.

Track listing

 * 1) "So Far From Home" (Koz, Lorber) - 6:10
 * 2) "Emily" (Bobby Caldwell, Koz, Lorber) - 5:30
 * 3) "Give It Up" (Koz, Lorber, Marx) - 5:53
 * 4) "Nothing But The Radio On" (featuring Joey Diggs) (Klaven, S. Rose, G. Rose) - 4:31
 * 5) "Castle of Dreams" (Koz, Jeff Koz) - 5:00
 * 6) "Endless Summer Nights" (Richard Marx) - 5:01
 * 7) "Love of My Life" (featuring Cole Basquē) Koz, Elliott Wolff) - 4:24
 * 8) "Art of Key Noise" (Koz, Claude Gaudette) - 0:27
 * 9) "Perfect Stranger" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 4:34
 * 10) "If Love Is All We Have" (featuring Cole Basquē) (Davidovicci, Derry, Homms) - 4:27
 * 11) "Yesterday's Rain" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 5:51

Production

 * Allen Kovac – executive producer
 * Bruce Lundvall – executive producer
 * Dave Koz – producer (1, 2, 3, 5), co-producer (6, 10), associate producer (9, 11)
 * Jeff Lorber – producer (1, 2, 3), recording (1, 2, 3), additional producer (4)
 * Steve Barri – producer (4)
 * Tony Peluso – producer (4), recording (4), mixing (4)
 * Jeff Koz – producer (5)
 * Claude Gaudette – producer (6)
 * Randy Nicklaus – producer (6)
 * Elliot Wolff – producer (7), recording (7)
 * Evan Rogers – producer (9, 11)
 * Carl Sturken – producer (9, 11)
 * Bruce Sugar – recording (5)
 * Howard Lee Wolen – recording (6)
 * Francis Buckley – recording (9, 11)
 * Matt Noble – recording (9, 11)
 * Eddie King – recording (10)
 * Gabriel Moffat – second engineer (1, 2, 5)
 * Fawn Rogers – second engineer (1, 2, 3)
 * Nick Els – second engineer (5)
 * Jeff DeMorris – second engineer (9, 11)
 * Sally Browder – second engineer (10)
 * Rob Ruscoe – second engineer (10)
 * Alan Meyerson – mixing (1, 2)
 * Keith Cohen – mixing (3)
 * Steve Peck – mixing (5, 6, 7)
 * Darrell Gustamacho – mixing (9, 11)
 * Neal Pogue – mix assistant (1, 2, 3)
 * Joel Stoner – mix assistant (4)
 * John Schmit – mix assistant (5, 6, 7)
 * Mike Harlow – mix assistant (9, 11)
 * Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA)
 * Mark Sullivan – production coordinator
 * Julie Barri – production coordinator (4)
 * Dean Freeman – photography
 * Jeffrey Fey – art direction
 * Tommy Steele – art direction
 * Left Bank Management – management

Personnel

 * Dave Koz – alto saxophone (1, 3-7, 9), soprano saxophone (2, 6, 9, 10, 11), EWI (2, 6), arrangements (5), baritone saxophone (7, 9), tenor saxophone (7, 9, 10), saxophone key (8), breath noise (8), backing vocals (9)
 * Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1, 2, 3), guitars (1, 3), drum programming (1, 2, 3), additional keyboards (4)
 * Jim Lang – keyboards (4), drum programming (4), arrangements (4)
 * Jeff Koz – keyboards (5), guitars (5), drum programming (5), arrangements (5), backing vocals (9)
 * Claude Gaudette – additional keyboards (4, 5), keyboards (6, 10), drum programming (6, 10), arrangements (6, 10)
 * Elliot Wolff – keyboards (7), drum programming (7)
 * Carl Sturken – keyboards (9, 11), drum programming (9, 11)
 * Buzz Feiten – guitars (1, 2, 3)
 * Charles Fearing – guitars (4)
 * Carlos Rios – air guitar (5)
 * Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (7, 10)
 * Alec Milstein – electric bass (1, 4)
 * Randy Jackson – fretless bass (2)
 * Matt Bissonette – fretless bass (5)
 * Sylvain Bolduc – bass sound design (6, 10)
 * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 3)
 * Billy Lewis – cymbal rolls (2)
 * Lenny Castro – percussion (5, 6)
 * Steve Reid – percussion (9, 11)
 * Kevin Cloud – snare drum (11)
 * Judd Miller – EWI programming (2, 6), Yamaha WX7 programming (5)
 * Tom Scott – Yamaha WX7 (5)
 * Tony Peluso – arrangements (4)
 * Randy Nicklaus – arrangements (6)
 * Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 6)
 * Joey Diggs – lead vocals (4), backing vocals (4)
 * Marva Barnes – backing vocals (4)
 * Portia Griffin – backing vocals (4)
 * Bunny Hull – backing vocals (6)
 * Gigi Shuttleworth – backing vocals (6)
 * Cole Basqué – lead vocals (7, 10)
 * Elisa Fiorillo – backing vocals (9)
 * Michelle Gilgan – backing vocals (9)
 * Audrey Koz – backing vocals (9)
 * Evan Rogers – backing vocals (9), lead vocals (11)
 * Mark Schulman – backing vocals (9)